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EU Urges Serbia to Push For Kosovo Deal

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Laurence Norman

April 8, 2013 4:35 p.m. ET

BRUSSELS—The European Union urged Serbia to make one "last effort" to seek a deal with Kosovo over the status of the Serb-dominated community in the north as seven months of talks appeared on the brink of collapse Monday evening.

Serbia's government earlier Monday rejected an EU-brokered deal that was the result of eight rounds of talks between leaders in Belgrade and Pristina. The Serbian government said the deal did too little to guarantee the rights of the Serbian minority in Kosovo. However Prime Minister...